I don't believe so. I do know that when I was in PT often my therapist would massage my leg and feel for really tight spots and apply pressure and massage them to release the tightness. This was my favorite part of therapy when I got on the table and she did this then I had heat and stem (heat only after 6 weeks). I was told a deep tissue massage would benefit me. I'll see if they maybe do this but I was just released December 31 after 3 months of therapy. Did some hip stretching and it didn't bother me last night and slept on my side as well however my shin and knee were hurting but I did do quite a bit of walking yesterday as well as some exercising my leg.